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What was your last bad purchase?
Vincent Delitz
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1yr ago
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Slim Geransar
REI Litics
Aaaaaaallll the stuff I don’t use bust thought were a great idea. How about you?
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Vincent Delitz
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@slimmy82
Feel you :D generally, most of the stuff that I feel now is useless was based on emotional purchases
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Mansi Trivedi
Bought a phone case. Broke within 2 hours.
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John Michael
Bought a phone case. Broke within 2 hours.
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Sarvpriy Arya
OkFeedback
last bad purchase was subscribing a company's annual plan for tax filing
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Vincent Delitz
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@sarvpriy_arya
which tool was that? Any was it a bad purchase?
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Christin Koehler
Pricey self-tanner, orange disaster leading to a week of hiding indoors.
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Egon Tyrell
Aaaaaaallll the stuff I don’t use bust thought were a great idea. How about you?
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Sambit Bhaumik
PixelFree Studio
Bought a game recently without bothering to check whether my PC would be able to run it; just because it was on sale. Not sure what I was thinking there 🤦🏼♂️!
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Vincent Delitz
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@sambit_bhaumik
did that so many times in my youth. That was one of the reasons I switched to a playstation where I knew the game was running :D
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Amy G. Debnam
Subscription box promising endless surprises, now overflowing with clutter.
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1yr ago
Aryan Kohli
Gourmet popcorn maker, kernels overflowing the kitchen instead of fluffy joy.
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1yr ago
Claudia Lyons
Overly-ambitious board game, complex rules causing family game night meltdowns.
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Sanyan Sharma
My last bad purchase was an earbud that I now regret buying.
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David strc
High-tech kitchen scale, now I just eyeball it anyway, saving calories and money.
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1yr ago
Den Taylor
Fancy coffee grinder, manual labor proving less romantic than imagined.
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1yr ago
Emma Jon
Receive SMS Online
Overly ambitious craft project, abandoned pile of materials mocking my creativity.
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1yr ago
Emma Watson
Bababot
Fancy kitchen gadget with one specific function, relegated to the appliance graveyard.
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1yr ago
Cavan
Pre-paid gym membership, unused because the commute turned out to be a marathon.
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Ira M. Cassidy
Self-help book promising eternal happiness, unopened pages filled with empty advice.
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Kathilien John
Pricey skincare routine, breakout city instead of flawless glow.
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Klaudia Bumgarner
Designer shoes, impractical beauty leading to blisters and cobblestone struggles.
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moris mathew
Expensive language learning kit, unused headphones mocking my multilingual dreams.
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